William c



W; G. MINER.

BER-BY BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 27, 1908.

Patented June 22, 1909..

- nN-ITED- .sra'rns racism ourron.

P .1:- ==.l\'\-ILLIAM c. MINER, .OF THREE RivER MIQ HIGKNI M i .i team-Box; I No'.'-925,-985.-t; Specification of Letters Pateht. 5 grea ed: $11622, 1909.1: ,3 5, Application fi1ed Ju1y-2 7, 1908.,'- S erielNo.445,572) a To all ivhom' it mayconcem: Be itknownthatI, WIL IAM'Q'MINEn, a citizen :of the "United States, residing at Three Rivers, in the county of St.-Joseph and 5 State of Michigan, have invented a new'and useful Berry-Box, of'which the following is .a. specification,- I i This invention relates to berry boxes. I

--The object of the invention is to sim lify 1-0 the constructioiuand reducethe cost'of the. manu"; cture of such articles, without in the lteest, detracting from their utility and duraty--.-l..' V Furthermore it is the object to obviate the .5' employment offlexpensive machinery in the I production' of the boxes, to reduce the-amount. of. stock necessa'ryin their construction to the f minimum, and to avoid waste of material informing the blanks to shape,

2o W'th the ab vefand other objects in'tiew,

as will appear as theinvention is better un, derstood', the. same consists in the novel construct'ioii'jand combination of the'parts, of a] .beiry 'bOX,; as will be hereiiiafter fully de-'.

2 scribed and. claimed.

- 'In the accompanying drawings forming a part of. this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsz-Figure 1. is a View in perspective of a berry box constructed in accordance with the 1 present invention, the view being taken from the underside of the receptacle. Fig.2 is a. vertical, -longitudinal sectional view of the box. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank form- I ing the body of the boxr Fig. 4 is a similar ltgiewof the blank forming the bottom of the ox. a The box may be made of 'any' suitable inateriahsuch as wood veneer,past'e'board or the like, and as shown inFig.-3 consists of a straight strip 1 of any'tlesiredlength and. width, and provided with transverse score lines 2 that define the four walls 3,4, 5,and 6', the'latter being in two parts. The walls 3', 4',

-4 and 5 are herein-shown as provided with ventilating orifices 7, although these are not essential and may be omitted if desired.

Extending parallel with the lower edge of the Walls 3, 4, and 5 are two slits 8 and 9 that define the keepers 10. It will be observed by reference to Fig-.Sthat the slit 8 is the longer, and this arrangei'nent will cause the keepers normally to project inward from the wal s of the box and in position to be engaged bottom, and the two walls l and 5 willen- I e I v g From the foregoing description it will be by the locking tongues 11; .of'theibottorn" 12,

which latteris also"sl1own as rovi'ded with essential and may be omitted, if desired.

ventilating orifices 13, althoug' 1 these are not 'As'shown in Fig. 4, 'thebottom is of a rectangular structure, and is provided on three of its edges with the locking tongues 11, the

fourth edge being provided .withI'a transverse score line 14 that definesa tab 15.

which, as shown in Fig. '2,is disposed against the two-part wall 6. n

As shown in Fig.4, the meinbers of the walls 6 are overlapped, and through the walls and the tab isclenched a staple 16., a second staple 17 clenched to the wall members 6 near their up or edges serving toh'old them assembled. hile but two staples are'here} in shown, it is ,understood that a 'greater numbermay be employed, and-,asthis will .be I

obvious; detailed illustrationlof so obvious a modification is omitted The tongues 11 are'appronimately triangulai in form, and their outer ends-are truncated and lie flush with the lower edges of the walls 3,4, and 5, although if preferred, they terminate within said edges. ing the. tongues, they will with greater facility engage with the keepers 10, 4

' When all of the parts of the box are assembled, as shown in Fig. 2, the box maybe.

knocked down so as to lie flat,ian d thus 00- cupy but small space when being shi ed.

Under these conditions, thejbottoinnvil lie against the wallfi, the wall 3 will overlie the gage each other.-

scen' that owing to theshape of the blanks utilized will be that which is: removed informing the tongues 1'1.|, Moreover,v it will in ay By thus sh ap forming the body and bottom of the-box," that in the manufacturing there. will. be no waste of material whatever, while with the be obvious that no expensive orintricate will be necessary in the -manu lna'chiner its cost; will be facture o the article, so that reduced to the minimum.

I cla'im'H A berry box comprising a blank of uni-' form width throughout-its entire length. and provided with transverse fold lines that dcno the fur side walls, of which three are .perforat'e( single structures and provided adjacent to one edge with pairs of longi-' and serving to secure the latter to said over' tudinal inoisionsthat define keepers, andthe la ed portions. e I fourth being a two art imperforate struca n testimony that I claim the foregoing as ture, the members 0% which are overlapped, my own, I have hereto affixe'dmy signature 5, a boftom clllavi a tab t1? be 'seoued 1:10 the V in the presence of two Witnesses; v overa e --wa mem ers, an a a tongu s to engage the keepers,.and fasz l I M devicesengaging the overlap ed por- Witnesses: J tions of the fourth wall, one of sai fasten- E. H. ANDREWS, 10 ing devices piercing the tab of thebottom ELIZABETH J. GAYLOR. 

